MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las Vegas

MSPT Poker Bowl V Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b2
Event Info
MSPT Poker Bowl V at Venetian Las Vegas
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$880,760
Total Entries
908
Players Left
4
Average Chip Stack
5,675,000
Total Chips
22,700,000
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
412
Players Left
45
Players Left 4 / 908
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Carroll Will Need Day 1b

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

James Carroll's former seat now hosts a different player. It seems Carroll will need to find a Day 1b bag if he's going to go back-to-back here at Venetian.

Alsup Wins Three-Bet Pot

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Sean Yu opened under the gun for 6,500 and Rich Alsup made it 18,000 on the button. Action folded back to Yu, who called. The flop brought {3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Yu check-folded to 10,000.

Tags: Sean YuRich Alsup

Cohen Needs the Set

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Brad Cohen got his 50,000 in from the big blind with {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and was dominating an early player who held {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. After a {2-}{j-}{3-} flop, Cohen turned a queen to seal the deal. Good thing for him that he did as the river was the {10-Clubs}.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Saechao Folds to Turn Shove

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kao Saechao bet 8,500 from early position on an {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} flop and saw a middle-position opponent make it 20,000. Saechao called and checked the {10-Hearts} turn. His opponent instantly set him in for about 55,000 more and Saechao needed only a moment before mucking.

Tags: Kao Saechao

Riess Gets Paid in Full

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Ryan Riess
Ryan Riess

Three players checked the flop to make the board {5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}. The blinds checked again, but this time, Ryan Riess bet 8,000 into the pot of about 20,000 from the button. Only the big blind called. On the {k-Clubs} river, the big blind checked and Riess put in 58,000 which looked to be barely enough to cover his opponent.

About a minute later, the big blind called but couldn't beat {k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for a flush. He mucked his hand but after the dealer verified the bet covered him, a player pointed out the cards needed to be exposed, and the dealer showed {q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}.

Vilchez Doubles Through Gioia

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

With {2-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} on the felt, Phil Gioia was in the big blind facing an all-in shove worth about 100K from Jesse Vilchez on his left. There was about 150,000 more in the pot already, and Gioia slid in calling chips.

Gioia: {10-}{10-}
Vilchez: {a-}{q-}

Vilchez was fading tens and jacks, and the {5-Hearts} was safe for him.

Tags: Jesse VilchezPhil Gioia

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Updated Chip Counts

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